Join us on an unintentional gardening ASMR journey.

Our mission: To be crowned king once again in the annual growdown throwdown over at thehotpepper.com

Our method: Create the world's largest solo cups and combine them in hopes of summoning the Double Cup Guru.

Outcome: 4,722 grams total weight harvested of the XL Antep Aci Cross


0:00 Invoking the spirit of the cup
0:50 Invoking the spirit of the peat
1:44 Are these big enough?
1:55 Pulling from the dank tank
2:38 Hydrating the peat
3:19 Invoking the spirit of the aerators
3:57 waste not, want not
4:08 Drilling the holes
4:40 Hoyt doubting my bottom feed skills
5:17 Growdown plant selection
6:38 Selection transplant
7:36 Living mulch
8:37 Rainwater
8:58 Second harvest
10:53 Third harvest
16:03 Adding a cage
19:30 Fifth harvest
24:41 Freezing temperatures strike
24:53 Sixth and final harvest
28:47 Harvest Totals